Egg-tester



G. BRANDER.

EGG TESTER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11. 1919.

1,3225755. Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

3 J @Iwuentoz 613 rmmier GEORGE IBRANDER, OF SUTHERLAND, IOWA.

EGG-TESTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

v Application filed February 17, 1919. Serial No. 277,412.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE BRANDER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sutherland, in the county of OBrien and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg-Testers, of

It is also an object of the invention to provide a device of thisgeneral character whereby a tray is employed provided with egg openingsand beneath which openings is arranged a light-containing chambertogether with a supplemental tray to receive the bad eggs.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a novel and improvedtester of this general character wherein the eggs be ing tested havetheir longitudinal axes substantially horizontally disposed so that amore effective test may be obtained.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved eggtester whereby certain important advantages are attained and the devicerendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient andadvantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure l is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of an egg testerembodying my invention; and

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, T denotes a bottom tray orpan adapted to be positioned upon a suitable support, and which isdefined by the outstanding marginal flanges 1.

As herein embodied, the tray or pan T -is rectangular in form andsecured to the corner portions thereofare the upstanding posts 2 securedat their upper end portions to a second tray or pan T.

The pan T is also defined by upstanding marginal flanges 3. The tray orpan T adjacent an end at substantially its transverse center is providedwith a pair of slots 4 which: are adapted to receive the eggs to betested, and the major axis of each of said slots is such to permit thelongitudinal axes of three eggs to be substantially horizontallydisposed within said slot so that the testing thereof may be materiallyfacilitated. The longitudinal margins defining each of the openings 4:are substantially in parallelism, so that during a candling operationthe eggs arranged within said opening may be readily rotated about theirlongitudinal axes, in order to efiect a thorough testing of the eggs Hdenotes a housing preferably formed of metal and which is secured to theunder surface of the tray or pan T and which housing 1s arranged belowthe slots 1-. The

' outer end 5 of the housing H is removable,

and for which reason said removable end 5 has its side marginal portionsand lower margins defined by the outstanding flanges 6 provided withopenings 7 adapted to register with openings 8 in the outer end of thewalls of the housing H and through which registering openings theholding bolts 10 are directed. A r

Secured to the inner face ofthe removable end 5 is a blockell to whichis secured a conventional type of socket 12 for the electric lamp L. Thesocket 12 has suitably connected thereto the conductors 14: alsosuitably connected with the plug 15 and which plug is adapted to beengaged with a sui able source of electrical energy. The lamp L is ofthe well known incandescent type and when applied within the housing His venient place to put the bad eggs while testing so that very fastwork can be obtalned because two candlers may be employed with eachdevice at the same time, one of said candlers applying the eggs to andfrom the slots 4, while the second party removes the good eggs from theupper trayor pan T and applies the same within a 7 it may be assembledand operated, and it will also be obvious that my'invention issusceptible of some change and modification without departing from theprinciples and spirit thereof, and for this reason I do not wish to beunderstood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formationof the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention inpractice except as here- 20 inafte r claimed.

q I claim An egg tester including a tray provided with a slot of alength to receivea plurality of'eggs, whereby the eggs may be-arranged25 within the slot with their axes substantially longitudinally alinedand rotated about their axes, and means vfor directing light through theopening. 1 1

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my 80 signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

GEORGE BRANDER.

Witnesses:

' H. N. McMAsTER,

BURNS E. BRANDER.

